MR. CHUAN LEEKPAI
PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND
 
NAME : 
Chuan Leekpai 
DATE OF BIRTH : 
28 July 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH :
Muang District, Trang Province, Southern Thailand
NATIONALITY :
Thai
RELIGION :
Buddhism
EDUCATION :  
        • Hight School Certificate , Trang Withya High School, Trang
        • Painting and Soulpture Section, Silpakorn University Prep School, Bangkok
        • B.A. (Law) Thammasat University
        • Barrister-at-Law (Master's Degree) , Thai Bar Association
        • Ph.D. (Honorary)  in Political Science, Ramkhamhaeug University, Bangkok
        • Ph.D. (Honorary)  in Political Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
WORKING EXPERIENCE  :
- 
Attorney
POLITICAL EXPERIENCES :
(1969 , 1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1992,  1995) 
Member of the House of Representatives 
1975 
Deputy Minister of Justice
1976 
Minister to the Prime Minister's Office
1980 
Minister of Justice
1981 
Minister of Commerce
1982-1983 
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
1983-1986 
Minister of Education
1986-1988 
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1988-1989 
Minister of Public Health
Dec. 1989 - Aug. 1990 
Deputy Prime Minister
Aug. 1990 - Dec. 1991 
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Sep. 1992 - Jul. 1995 
Prime Minister
PRESENT POSITION :  
        • Prime Minister (appointed 9 November 1997)
        • Leader of the Democrat Party
PRESENT ADDRESS : The Democrat Party  
67 Setsiri Road SamsenNai,PhyathaiDistrict,Bangkok 10400, THAILAND 
Telephone : (662) 270-0036, 270-1683, 270-1713
OTHER POSITIONS HELD AT PRESENT :  
        • Vice-President of University Council, Prince of Songkhla University, Songkhla
        • Vice-President of University Council, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
        • Member of University Council, Silpakorn University, Bangkok
        • Member of University Council, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
        • Member of University Council, Thammasat University, Bangkok
        • Lecturer at Forensic Medicine Section, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
DECORATIONS : 
1996 
Grand Companion (Third Class, Higher Grade) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
1993 
Order of Sukatuna Special Class Raja, Philippines
1982 
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
1981 
Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand 
1980 
Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Excalted Order of the White Elephant
1979 
Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
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